The good burghers of Brazil were last week welcomed to the wonderful world of Street View, and it didn't take citizens long to spot some local colour, like this dead body in Rio de Janeiro's Avenida Presidente Vargas:
Dead body captured by Street View on Rio Street
Gizmodo's Brazilian tentacle notes that this piece of …

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You might laugh at Googles pictures, but this is one hell of a public service

The few errant pictures that Google publishes hardly detracts from the fact that they are doing humanity a great service that will live as an historical pictorial record that few others even come near to matching.

I look forward to seeing cities as complex as Ho Chi Minh or Bangkok being included for their streets layouts can mystify even locals.

Serious question.

Why do people get all up in arms about this kind of thing? I mean, seriously, when you think about it somebody, somewhere, is being assaulted as you read this. This is a fact, whether you like it or not. The likes of google trying to gloss over this reality doesn't change anything ... There was a body in that street, when the goocar drove through. Accept it. Learn from it.

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Not so orwelian

No orwellian black Opels down here. Google teamed with Fiat in Brazil, all we got were not so omniscient red Stilos. http://www.clickpb.com.br/artigo.php?id=20100930112559&cat=cotidiano&keys=street-view-chega-america-latina-cidades-brasil

I don't know what to make of it.

Looking at the picture, there are two blood-runnels, both running to the gutter. It looks as if there was a second incident to the left of the body, with the point of bleeding being at the feet-end of the body (just under the lower yellow arrow). There does seem to be an emergency vehicle (police car?) parked a little further on (the yellow line goes just to the right of it), but the quality of the picture doesn't really allow for much more analysis.